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We’re having a little break from home and had planned a busy day, after a leisurely breakfast we would soon be on our way. We sauntered down to the restaurant and were shown to a window table, I fetched a bowl of blueberry yoghurt whilst my hubby got a ham bagel Before a morsel reached our mouths the fire alarm began to ring, we hurried to vacate the room and we hadn’t eaten a darn thing! A stream of hungry hotel guests were ushered out of the door, my tummy started grumbling I could hear it gurgle and roar We stood out in the freezing cold thankfully there was no actual fire, and we subsequently discovered it was caused by a faulty hairdryer! We crossed the road back to the hotel and returned to find our original seat, but hubby wasn’t starving hungry on the way out he’d grabbed a sausage to eat! 5th April 2017

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 11/13/2017 6:49:00 AM

Smart man! A cleverly written grinner, with rhyme and roll appeal. II enjoyed. love ... CayCay

Jan Allison
Date: 11/13/2017 7:49:00 AM

It's a true story apart from the ham bagel as hubby was actually having a croissant but it didn't rhyme lol CayCay :-) Thanks for reading some of my older poems, i forget about them once they disappear off the list and folks don't often go back and read poems that aren't so current:-) hugs jan xx

Lynn Marie

Date: 4/9/2017 4:22:00 PM

Fantastic story Jan:) I hope he at least shared his sausage with you if he didn't think to grab one for you too..lol such a fun write and read:) lynnxxx

Lynn Marie
Date: 4/9/2017 5:05:00 PM

...hubby owes you a full breakfast of your choice for this wee 'oops'..lol

Jan Allison
Date: 4/9/2017 4:48:00 PM

NO Lynn he didn't get a sausage for me he only told me he'd got one when we got back into the restaurant lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Roy Pett

Date: 4/6/2017 5:05:00 PM

Brilliant Jan, just shows us men think on our feet, well done to your hubby, great poem as usual, Roy. :)))

Jan Allison
Date: 4/7/2017 6:37:00 AM

LOL Yes but I was gutted he didn't bring a sausage for me too lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Phillip Garcia

Date: 4/6/2017 2:50:00 PM

I found no poo in this and therefore I say "boo". A good woman would have had the foresight to wrap her husband's bagel in a napkin and bring it for him. Just saying

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2017 2:53:00 PM

LOL Phillip - I can write the odd poem without poop being mentioned lol there was no bagel that was the only poetic licence I just wrote it to rhyme but the rest was 100% accurate:-) Thankfully there was no alarm at breakfast and now we are home

Tim Smith

Date: 4/5/2017 8:58:00 PM

luckily a false alarm...tomorrow have a picnic.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2017 2:46:00 PM

We had breakfast with no trouble today Tim and now i am back home:-) hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer

Date: 4/5/2017 8:19:00 PM

a great poem from an upsetting experience! if anyone could find the humor in it, i'd bet money on you, jan...

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2017 2:48:00 PM

I have a feeling you would have written about it if it had happened to you Ilene:-) hugs Jan xx

Agnes Krampe

Date: 4/5/2017 7:21:00 PM

That sounded like something that actually happened to you - and it did indeed, as I see from the comments below. Way to go, making it into a poem :)

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2017 2:54:00 PM

I try and find something funny in most things that happen in my life Agnes and if I get a poem out of it then that makes my day:-) hugs Jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 4/5/2017 6:10:00 PM

Hungry and kept in the cold to boot....not a great way to start the day! I enjoyed this expressionn of your little trial Jan. ; )

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2017 2:54:00 PM

I try and find humour in whatever comes my way in life and this was an ideal opportunity to write about my morning:-) hugs jan xx

Barry Stebbings

Date: 4/5/2017 4:54:00 PM

What an inconvenience, Jan. Only you could make a poem from it. I did once get chucked out of a hotel in Halifax (U.K.) at 2:00 am because of the fire alarm. // Barry

Jan Allison
Date: 4/6/2017 2:55:00 PM

I dread the thought of the alarm going off in the middle of the night - i would have to get dressed now way would I go out in my nightie lol:-) hugs jan xxx

Charlie Smith

Date: 4/5/2017 3:06:00 PM

At least it wasn't 3:00am. Brought about some poetic inspiration, good one Jan...

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2017 4:05:00 PM

Oh gee I dread that happening as I would have to throw some clothes on - no way would I go out and freeze in my nightie:-( hugs jan xxx

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 4/5/2017 2:47:00 PM

- A fun poem ... a terrible experience, Jan - I can see this picture clearly :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2017 2:56:00 PM

It could only happen to me Anne- Lise but at least I got a poem out of it lol and all's well that ends well and thankfully we were only delayed for about 15 minutes:-) hugs Jan xx

Chris Green

Date: 4/5/2017 1:37:00 PM

Wow, what a crazy adventure but good on your husband, grabbing that sausage on the way out was brilliant. This was fun Jan and a happy ending, though it seems it could have very easily been the other way around.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2017 2:54:00 PM

Well at least I got a poem out of the unexpected start to our day and thankfully we were only outside for a relatively short time and hubby was able to get me my fleece from the car before we had to go across the main road. I dread to think what it would be like if it was a real fire and the whole stunning Victorian building went up in smoke:-) When we got back inside one lady set fire to the toaster and you could see flames rising from the charred bread - I detest those hotel toasters you put the bread in once it come out pale and warm, put it in for another toasting and it cremates the bread on one side lol:-( hugs Jan xx

Lisa Ricci

Date: 4/5/2017 1:23:00 PM

Hello Jan. This entry was so smooth and flowing. You told the moment in time effortlessly and vividly. We readers were all in the scene looking on. That is a credit to your writing skill and talent. I very much enjoyed the theme and play. I hope this was your creative poetic mind at work. Well done and executed in its entirety.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2017 1:28:00 PM

The only poetic licence was about the bagel - the rest really happened at our hotel this morning!:-) hugs Jan xx

Darren White

Date: 4/5/2017 1:11:00 PM

Did this really happen Jan? :s How annoying! So good sausages exist :D

Jan Allison
Date: 4/5/2017 1:27:00 PM

It happened this morning Darren!!! The alarm was triggered by a hairdrier in the beauty salon which had smoke pouring out of it when they were drying a client's hair! The only poetic licence was the bagel the rest is 100% true!:-) hugs Jan xx